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Caitanya-caritāmṛta 15.97

payo-rāśes tīre sphurad-upavanālī-kalanayā muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam
[payo-raashes teere sphurad-upavanaalee-kalanayaa muhur vrindaaranya-smarana-janita-prema-vivashah kvachit krishnaavritti-prachala-rasano bhakti-rasikah sa chaitanyah kim me punar api drishor yaasyati padam]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
payo-rāśes tīre sphurad-upavanālī-kalanayā muhur vṛndāraṇya-smaraṇa-janita-prema-vivaśaḥ kvacit kṛṣṇāvṛtti-pracala-rasano bhakti-rasikaḥ sa caitanyaḥ kiṁ me punar api dṛśor yāsyati padam
“Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the topmost of all devotees. Sometimes, while walking on the beach, He would see a beautiful garden nearby and mistake it for the forest of Vṛndāvana. Thus He would be completely overwhelmed by ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa and begin to chant the holy name and dance. His tongue worked incessantly as He chanted, ‘Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa!’ Will He again become visible before the path of my eyes?”

This quotation is verse 6 from the first Caitanyāṣṭaka in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Stava-mālā.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
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